Much Ballyhoo

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    She still really needs a date with doctored up coffee.

    Much Ballyhoo
          How can anyone be so dumb?
    Is she retarded?
    or is her brain just numb?
    Did her toes spread?
    Why no! they curled.
    Well, she doesn't read.
    I've seen her.
    When?
    Everyday.
    No, she would rather play.

          How can anyone be so dumb?
    Is she retarded?
    Just some?
    Two plus two is four.
    so is two times two.
    Why didn't she shut that door?
    she was only two.
    No!
    Leave a door open is what they say.
    Yes, she would rather play.

          How can anyone be so dumb?
    Is she retarded?
    She can sum.
    Do not pass go.
    Do not collect two-hundred dollars.
    By herself?
    And she still lost!
    No!
    Yes!
    Why didn't she cheat?

          How can anyone be so dumb?
    Is she retarded.
    No, just dumb.
    She is lucky.
    Only at bingo.
    There must be a perfect mate.
    oh, she can't even get a date.
    She can't cook.
    Is that why they don't give her that look?
    No, she would rather play.


    1988

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    Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech writer.

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